1997-1998 USD Facts

Alcala Park

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U SD's 180-acre campus overlooking San Diego's Mission Bay is regarded as one of the most architecturally unique in che country, with 18 major buildings designed in an ornamental 16th century Spanish Renaissance style. The USO campus was named Alcala Park after a Spanish city near Madrid - Alcala de Henares . Founded by the Greeks, ic became known as Complucum during Roman rimes. The town was renamed Al Kala (the cascle) Nahar (after the river Henares) by the Muslims. Christians recaptured the village in 1088 and found- ed a university in 1498 whose buildings became the inspiration for USD's architectural style. All ofUSD's administrative and classroom facilities are located on che upper campus. Ac the east end are the Alcala Vista apart- ments, the Mission housing complex, and che Spores Center com- plex, which includes Torero Stadium, tennis courts, an Olympic- sized swimming pool , gymnasium, weight room and ocher playing fields . Since 1984, USO has completed 10 major construction and expansion projects. The former San Diego Diocese building was ren-

1 •J ovated and opened for business as the Author E. and Marjorie A. Hughes Administration Center in fall of 1996. The landscaped Colachis Plaza and Shumway Fountain was finished in the fall of 1995, connecting the entrances ofThe Immaculaca Church and che Hughes Administration Center. In 1992, the university completed the 45,000-square-fooc Loma Hall, which includes an expanded bookstore, a larger mail center, classrooms, laboratories and office space for physics, engineering, and arcs and sciences departments . In 1990, che newly expanded and renovated Katherine M. and George M. Pardee Jr. Legal Research Center opened, a facility chat is double the size of the former law library and reflects the lacesc developments in information technology. The university completed and opened the 6,000-square-fooc Douglas F. Manchester Family Child Development Center in 1989. Ocher projects completed in the past 14 years include che Alcala Vista apartments (1987), a 156-unic student apartment complex; the Ernest and Jean Hahn University Center (1987), a 76,000- square-fooc building chat houses dining, meeting and office areas; Olin Hall (1984), home to the School of Business Administration; and che Helen K. and James S. Copley Library (1984).